The flowing shapes that grace the exterior are carried through inside. Concorde's interior design is spacious and creative. The cab-forward concept maximizes passenger space. This is a roomy car. The Concorde comes standard with an eight-way, power-adjustable driver's bucket seat with a manually adjustable lumbar support. (A front bench seat is available as a $150 option on the LX only; it increases seating capacity to six, while moving the gear selector from the console to the steering column.) The standard bucket seats provide good back and lateral support, and the detailing of the fabric is world class.

The rear seats are roomy and very comfortable. A three-point seatbelt is fitted to the center position for increased safety for the fifth passenger. The trunk offers 18.7 cubic feet of cargo space, one of the biggest in this class. The trunk hinges fold cleanly out of the way instead of intruding into the trunk compartment and crushing fragile items. A rear-seat cargo pass-through compartment provides an easy way to carry skies and other long objects in the trunk. But the trunk requires a high lift-over, which makes loading up a week's worth of groceries or heavy items a bit more work.

If there's a downside to the Concorde's sleek exterior styling, it's the fact that visibility is slightly reduced. It takes some time to get a feel for precisely where the front bumper is; you can't actually see the front corners of the car. And the view out the small rear window takes a bit of getting used to, also. Fortunately, the Concorde comes with big side mirrors.

Trim rings around the gauges brighten the appearance of the instrument panel, which is covered in soft material. Controls are easy to operate. We like the compass, outside temperature gauge and map lights that come with the available overhead console, which also features a trip computer and a universal garage door opener. It's a brilliant interior.